According to industry reports, the Marvel Comics' villain 'The Lizard' will appear in Sony's upcoming reboot of "Spider-Man".'The Lizard', aka 'Dr. Curt Connors', debuted in Marvel's "The Amazing Spider-Man" #6 (November 1963), created by writer Stan Lee and illustrator Steve Ditko.
Born in Coral Gables, Florida, Connors was a gifted doctor who enlisted in the army, then sent off to war to perform emergency battlefield surgery on wounded GIs. But Connors right arm was injured in a blast and had to be amputated.
Returning to civilian life as a research technologist, Connors became obsessed with uncovering the secrets of reptilian limb regeneration. From his home in the Florida Everglades and with the assistance of war buddy 'Ted Sallis', Connors developed an experimental serum extracted from reptilian DNA.
After successfully regrowing the missing limb of a rabbit, Connors ingested the formula himself. His missing arm grows back, but he is also transformed into a reptilian humanoid monster.
As the Lizard, Connors' strength is increased to superhuman levels, his speed, stamina, agility and reflexes raised to a level equivalent to that of 'Spider-Man'.
The Lizard can also scale walls using a combination of claws and micro-scales on his hands and feet that create molecular friction like a gecko lizard. He is highly resistant to injury due to his scaly hide, with enhanced healing abilities, allowing him to quickly recover from grievous wounds, including regenerating lost limbs. He also has a powerful tail which he can whip at high speeds and razor-sharp teeth set in muscular jaws that can deal a lethal bite.
Like a reptile, the Lizard has cold-blooded characteristics, sensitive to drops in temperature, with a cold environment causing his metabolism to slow drastically and become dormant if he is exposed to cold temperatures for too long.
The Lizard can also mentally communicate and command all reptiles within a mile of himself via telepathy, also compelling humans to act out their primal urges, by suppressing emotional control in their amygdala, aka 'the lizard brain'.
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